James Madison University - JMU

First time visit: View without clicking anything

Gateway to JMU Community - JMU

Gateway for JMU Students - JMU

The Graduate School - JMU

Research, Economic Development and Innovation - JMU

Honors College - JMU

University Health Center - 540-568-6178 - JMU

Undergraduate Admissions - JMU

Graduate Programs: Areas of Study - JMU

Do not link to an anchor on the page that does not exist. For example:
linking to `#content` without a valid destination such as `<body id="content"></body>`.

A common web design pattern is to use a named anchor to show an element via JavaScript, e.g.

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('.bar').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div class="bar">
    This is some content.
</div>
``` 

In these cases, the anchor (`#foo`) should point to the `id` of the hidden element:

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('#foo').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div id="foo">
    This is some content.
</div>
```

This way the semantic intent of the link is preserved, even without JavaScript. 
Note that doing so may require modification to your script, to prevent automatic 
scrolling to the named anchor.

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Title / URL	Issues
James Madison University - JMUwww.jmu.edu/index.shtml	11
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.jmu.edu/index.shtml	11
Gateway to JMU Community - JMUwww.jmu.edu/gateway/community.shtml	10
Gateway for JMU Students - JMUwww.jmu.edu/gateway/students.shtml	10
The Graduate School - JMUwww.jmu.edu/grad/index.shtml	9
Research, Economic Development and Innovation - JMUwww.jmu.edu/research/index.shtml	8
Honors College - JMUwww.jmu.edu/honors/index.shtml	8
University Health Center - 540-568-6178 - JMUwww.jmu.edu/healthcenter/index.shtml	8
Undergraduate Admissions - JMUwww.jmu.edu/admissions/index.shtml	7
Graduate Programs: Areas of Study - JMUwww.jmu.edu/grad/programs/index.shtml	7

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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